Chapter 245 Heading to 477 The communicator was on its way the next day...
The communicator was repaired by noon the next day.
Even the team emblem was changed to a simple, disassembled form.
"Is this okay? Everyone likes to have their team badge fixed so that people can find their origin after they die." Ruan Ruan frowned as she looked at the team badge on Sang Zhi Tao's body that could be easily removed with a gentle twist.
“It’s alright.” Sang Zhitao sighed. “I really don’t want someone to cut a hole in my clothes again.”
Ruan Ruan opened her mouth, but then, thinking of the jarring hole in her clothes, she couldn't help but twitch her lips.
"Speaking of which, there's been a question I've always wanted to ask." Sang Zhitao tidied her bag, hesitating whether to speak.
"What's wrong?" Ruan Ruan tapped the blade of grass and tilted her head to look at her.
"Why are all the names in your team so Eastern?" Sang Zhitao hesitated for a moment before asking directly.
After laughing a few times, Ruan Ruan said, "That's because our 325 team is the famous Eastern team in the world of pipelines."
"The Eastern Squad?" Sang Zhitao became even more curious.
“Yes, there’s only one rule for joining our team: you must be a descendant of Easterners.” Ruan Ruan raised her chin slightly, looking proud of her Eastern bloodline.
"No!" A loud voice of opposition suddenly came from outside.
Sang Zhitao stopped speaking before she could finish her sentence. She glanced at the outside world, which was blocked by the door, looked down at her almost packed luggage, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the door.
Ruan Ruan yawned, looking languid and uninterested in the argument outside.
Sang Zhitao felt that Ruan Ruan looked like a cat at this moment, especially the way she was lying on the table teasing the grass, which made her look even more like a cat that liked to pluck at the grass.
Raising an eyebrow, Sang Zhitao didn't intend to ask the other person to go out together.
Contrary to her expectations, the outside was not noisy; instead, it returned to calm after the shout.
As and Shana looked at the girl in Wolf Wind's arms and kept explaining to Lianlian how much they didn't want the child.
“Isn’t your 773 a famous daycare center? Such a young child is perfect for you,” Mingwen said, clearing his throat.
Yas rolled his eyes at him: "The youngest member of our team is my sister, and she's already fourteen!"
“Peach is only four years old,” Lang Xue couldn’t help but say.
Yass choked: "Peach doesn't live in the team, and her joining was an accident."
“It’s not appropriate for you to stay here with us. You know our rules of 325,” Lianlian asked, frowning.
Shana pointed at the girl: "Look at her, she has black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. She must have Eastern blood!"
“Who still uses this method to judge people in this day and age?” Mingwen rolled his eyes, disregarding his image.
As he said, with the emergence of emotional superpowers, many superpowers have gone out of control or become too powerful, causing changes in their appearance.
For example, Shana and As both have red hair.
Shana rubbed her temples: "But she's too young, and our team is in such a remote place. We'll have to go to dangerous places from time to time for future transactions. Who will take care of her?"
"It's not like I have someone taking care of me," Lianlian couldn't help but say.
Yas frowned and looked down at the girl who had gotten down from Wolf Wind's arms.
Just then, the girl suddenly looked down at his shoes.
As she moved, the girl's shoulder-length short hair suddenly fell to both sides, and a tattoo the size of a thumb suddenly appeared in As's eyes.
His pupils contracted as he stared at the tattoo that had disappeared deep into his collar.
"Okay, she'll come with us."
"As?!" Shana didn't expect that while she was still arguing on the side, As suddenly relented.
“Sure, sure, we’ll help her pack!” Mingwen and Lianlian didn’t care why Yass suddenly changed his mind; as long as he agreed, that was enough.
Shana was about to object again when she saw As give her a look, so she could only swallow her rebuttal, thinking that she must find As and ask him for clarification when she got back.
Seeing that the matter was almost resolved, Sang Zhitao did not disturb everyone and quietly returned to her room to tidy up the remaining things.
"Are you leaving now?" Ruan Ruan asked curiously after seeing her pack her luggage.
"Yes, the sooner the better." Sang Zhitao smiled and waved to her. "Let's go."
"Okay, goodbye." Ruan Ruan raised an eyebrow, then lay bored on the table and continued teasing the grass.
"Are we leaving now?" As she stepped out the door, she ran into Lianlian and Mingwen, who were returning home, and the two of them asked the same question at the same time.
Sang Zhitao nodded and repeated her reasons.
Seeing this, the two women didn't say anything more, only smiling and reminding each other, "Okay, have a safe trip."
Sang Zhitao patted the backpack on her back with her other hand: "Don't worry, you provided a lot of good things."
This morning, Ruanruan and Lianlian brought her a better long dagger and a compass.
The maps provided by 325 are also more detailed and clearer.
All of this gave Sang Zhitao even more confidence for the rest of the trip.
"Are you planning to take another route?" As and the others, carrying their luggage, were waiting for her at the exit.
“Well, since I haven’t seen 325, I’ll go check out 477.” Sang Zhitao nodded.
The closest squads to 773, besides 325, are the 477 squads in another direction. Since no one in 325 has seen Dad, they should go there and ask.
"As for 477..." As frowned, seemingly unsure how to describe it.
“We haven’t dealt with them, but we’ve heard… they’re not an easy group to get along with.”
“You…” He looked at Sang Zhitao with concern.
"It's okay, we can just keep looking. I have plenty of time." Sang Zhitao shrugged indifferently.
Hearing her say that, Yass took a deep breath and pinched his brow in annoyance: "I thought I could be with you."
"Protecting yourself is the most important thing," Sang Zhitao replied with a smile, then looked at the girl next to him, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
As looked at the girl with a solemn expression and let out a heavy sigh: "Bloodline of an old friend."
Sang Zhitao was somewhat surprised, but seeing the expressions on Yas and Ruyue's faces, she knew that the girl's identity must have a secret, so she didn't investigate further.
She and Yas and the others parted ways at the pipe opening, one going left and the other right.
"Peach! Wait!" Sang Zhi Tao had just walked through a pipe when she heard a shout from behind her.
She turned around and looked at him, puzzled.
A head was seen peeking out of a section of abandoned pipe.
Sang Zhitao frowned slightly and carefully took a few steps in that direction.
This abandoned pipe opening has no lighting at all, and can only be illuminated by the faint light from the main pipe.
In the darkness, a familiar face appeared.
"Fengming's brother?" Sang Zhitao recalled for a moment and realized that this was the brother of the girl she had saved yesterday.
She still remembers the pair of eyes filled with despair and hope on that blood-stained face.
"Yes, my name is Feng Xiao." Feng Xiao's cheeks flushed.
“I…I…” In Sang Zhitao’s bewildered eyes, the words he uttered with difficulty could not form a complete sentence.
"It's alright, take your time to talk." Sang Zhitao smiled and looked up at Feng Xiao, her smile full of comfort.
Feng Xiao took a deep breath before bending down to hand her a badge.
This badge is different from the mutual aid society's emblem; it is a heart-shaped badge with thorns around the edges and only a set of numbers in the center.
"What is this?" She looked at Feng Xiao with suspicion.
Feng Xiao looked down at the badge with sorrow: "This was a gift from my friend."
"You should keep this precious item safe." Sang Zhitao quickly handed the badge to Feng Xiao.
“No, no.” Feng Xiao waved his hands repeatedly, “I have nothing of value to repay you with; this is my only treasure.”
"Then I absolutely cannot take it." Sang Zhitao extended her hand forward again.
"I heard that your next destination is Squad 477. The owner of this badge is a good friend of the members of Squad 477. I hope it can be of some help."
Hearing him say that, Sang Zhitao remembered that Yas had mentioned that Squad 477 was very xenophobic, and hesitated for a moment when looking at the badge in her hand.
She had indeed been worried about contacting 477 before, and now that someone has provided a reason to do so, it would be best to accept it.
But……
This badge was clearly very important to Feng Xiao, and she was too embarrassed to take it with her.
"You'll come back, won't you?" Feng Xiao asked after thinking for a moment, noticing the hesitation on her face.
Sang Zhitao was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, it will."
“Then when you come back in the future, you can return it to me.” Feng Xiao pointed to the badge and smiled at her.
When Sang Zhitao saw Feng Xiao's eyes, she secretly thought that those eyes must be very beautiful when they were filled with joy.
Now it seems that this was indeed the case.
Seeing that Sang Zhitao had agreed, Feng Xiao didn't delay any longer and turned to run deeper into the area: "I'm going on patrol!"
"I will definitely come back to repay you!" Sang Zhitao shouted as she watched his figure being swallowed by darkness.
No more echoes of phoenix cries came from the pipe.
Sang Zhitao didn't mind, carefully put the badge into her package, and continued on her way.
I don't know how long I walked, or how many times I rested.
Sang Zhitao finally approached the territory marked on the map as belonging to Squad 477.
"Strange..." A musty, rotten smell suddenly entered her nostrils.
Sang Zhitao took a deep breath and almost choked, so she quickly covered her mouth and nose.
After she pulled out her mask to cover her mouth and nose, she looked down at the map.
Confirming that the smell was coming from the same direction as her destination, she couldn't help but frown.
After carefully walking forward for more than ten meters, Sang Zhitao was surprised to see that the pipe in front of her was filled with yellowish-brown rust.
A river reeking of decay suddenly appeared in the middle of the road.
"Squeak..."
A gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, caused the screws on the pipe to rattle and rub against the metal pipe wall, producing a harsh, screeching sound.
Taking a step back leads to a normal pipe, while taking a step forward leads to a decaying and outdated world.
Beneath your feet, the soles are filled with sewage that reeks of decay, while the heels are on flat ground.
Sang Zhitao silently took a few steps back, quickly flipped through a map, hoping to see that there was more than one pipeline leading to her destination.
pity……
That place, seemingly separate from the world of pipes, could only be entered through this single pipe in front of us.
Taking a deep breath and clenching her fist to encourage herself, Sang Zhitao took two steps forward.
Just as she stepped onto the pipe again, she quickly took a step back, pulled a new mask out of her luggage, and put it on.
With two masks on, the smell seemed to be reduced a lot.
Sang Zhitao was relieved and carefully entered this decaying and dilapidated place...
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